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Iain M Churches wrote:
I like to use Beyers and Shures on drum kits, (because I can't stand the
thought of a drummer thrashing a Neumann suspended above the top
cymbals:-) Otherwise I use condensers.

By the way. do you ever get to record live drums?. I have a feeling it
may be a dying art in studios. At the start of the digi era, we took to
recording a full kit guide track (to a click) and then one drum at a
time
:-((((((((( Deadly.
I do quite a lot of jazz, where the kit is alive and kicking:-)

Yes. Miking up every single part of a kit for one pass is often the law of
diminishing returns. You'll usually nead 'gates on the toms, and I'm not a
great lover of those. Often the traditional tree mic setup will sound just
fine with a decent drummer and kit. Otherwise, it's lots of time and work.
;-)

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